FE & Skills latest

Apprenticeships

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:46:54 +0000

Apprentices learn on the job, develop skills and knowledge and gain qualifications, whilst earning money

Revocation of the Further Education Workforce Regulations: The FE Teachers' Continuing Professional Development and Registration (England) Regulations 2007 and the FE Teachers' Qualifications (England) Regulations 2007

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:00:00 +0000

This consultation seeks views from principals, lecturers, other staff, employer and employee representative bodies, and all others with an interest, on the revocation of the further education workforce regulations, as recommended in the interim report by the Independent Review Panel on professionalism in further education.

Prince's Foundation Apprenticeship Awards

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:06:47 +0000

John Hayes announces the introduction of a new set of awards for craft skills at the Prince's Foundation Apprenticeship Awards, and outlines plans for a new Craft Apprenticeship for the academic year 2013-14.

Employers

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:35:50 +0000

Skills and training support for employers and businesses are available via Apprenticeships, Businesslink and Jobcentre Plus. We are making the skills system more responsive to the needs of business, including reforming vocational qualifications.

Excellence Gateway

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:08:20 +0000

The Excellence Gateway is an online service for everyone working in the further education and skills sector in England

Learning and Skills Improvement Service

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:47:52 +0000

The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) aims to develop excellent and sustainable further education and skills provision by encouraging the sharing of expertise, experience and insight from the sector to sector. LSIS also provides access to a range of sector relevant programmes, platforms and services through www.lsis.org.uk and www.exellencegateway.org.uk

New Challenges, New Chances: Next Steps in Implementing the Further Education Reform Programme

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:34:21 +0000

Consultation on 'New Challenges, New Chances: next steps in implementing the further education reform programme'. Feedback invited by 21 October 2011. Relates to other consultations on further education loans and informal adult and community learning.

Business and learners to benefit from stronger, more flexible FE sector

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:18:00 +0000

Key reforms to Further Education will see businesses helping to develop the courses that best meet their needs for growth, increased education exports and promotion of excellence in teaching as announced today by Skills Minister John Hayes.

19,000 new higher apprenticeships to deliver skills for growth

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:59:00 +0000

Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced details of how Government funding will support thousands of apprenticeships up to degree equivalent, enabling employers, colleges and universities to deliver the advanced skills most critical for growth.

Vision for Further Education

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:25:56 +0000

John Hayes talks to an audience of college Principals about his vision for the future of further education

PM: £250m pilot to give employers power over skills training

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:39:04 +0000

Businesses will be given the power to design, develop and purchase the vocational training programme they need under a £250 million plan announced today by the Prime Minister. The move is designed to boost economic growth and ensure that the UK workforce has the skills that businesses require.

Apprenticeships: Cable guarantees quality, slashes red tape and delivers cash boost for firms

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:24:00 +0000

Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced new measures to ensure more young people benefit from an apprenticeship, and to help employers gain the skilled workers they need to grow.

Cutting apprenticeship red tape for employers

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:36:03 +0000

Minister for Skills John Hayes discusses the benefits of apprenticeships and outlines new Government measures to make it easier for employers to take on large numbers of apprentices.

Hayes sets out further freedoms for Further Education

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:51:00 +0000

Speaking at today’s Association of Colleges Annual Conference, Skills Minister John Hayes set out a vision for a stronger, more flexible and more independent further education sector.

Vocational qualifications

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:52:37 +0000

Vocational, or work related, qualifications can help people get the skills and qualifications that employers need.

Cable welcomes big rise in apprenticeship numbers

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:23:00 +0000

Provisional figures published today indicate that apprenticeship starts for academic year 2010/11 have risen by more than 50 per cent compared with final figures from 2009-10.

Call for evidence - Review of Offender Learning

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:42:21 +0000

The review of offender learning announced by John Hayes, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, will assess progress against the policy framework set out in the Next Steps document and make recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the arrangements. The review, undertaken jointly with the National Offender Management Service, is taking full account of the earlier strategic review of employment services for offenders (undertaken jointly between the Department for Work and Pensions and the Ministry of Justice), and will inform the Ministry of Justice’s Autumn Green Paper setting out the proposed approach to sentencing and rehabilitation reform.

Apprenticeships Week

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:00:00 +0000

John Hayes speaks at the lanuch of Apprenticeships Week and announces new measures to raise the numbers and status of apprentices in England. "I am determined that those who want to set their feet on the Apprenticeships path should receive every assistance to do so from the Government".

Skills for Sustainable Growth

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:22:50 +0000

The Skills for Sustainable Growth strategy sets out the Government’s vision for reform of the further education and skills system in order to improve the skills of the workforce, the performance of the economy and engagement in learning.

Skills conditionality – public consultation

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This consultation, conducted by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), seeks views to inform the implementation of Skills Conditionality. Skills conditionality involves Jobcentre Plus referring claimants to a skills training provider, further education college or Next Step adviser with potential benefit sanctions for non-participation. The training will include vocational, basic skills, employability training as well as support with softer skills such as motivation and confidence building.

A Simplified Further Education and Skills Funding System and Methodology

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Consultation document seeking views on simplifying the post-19 Further Education and Skills funding system and methodology.

Skills Funding Agency

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:21:06 +0000

The Skills Funding Agency is an agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Its job is to fund and regulate adult further education and skills training in England.

Globalisation - Meeting the challenge

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:18:53 +0000

In 2008, the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) published the first International Strategy for the Further Education sector, on behalf of the FE Globalisation Strategy Group